News: Astronomy

Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory, along with colleagues at Caltech and elsewhere, have discovered a planet three times the mass...

We asked graduating seniors from across the college to share their best tips for research success.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have awarded prestigious graduate research awards to 48 University of Texas at Austin...

Undergraduate astronomy student Anne Dattilo and colleagues used artificial intelligence to discover two exoplanets in data collected by the Kepler space telescope.

We're celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table. Join us as we tour the cosmos, from the microscopic to the telescopic, with four scientists studying...

This honor reflects distinguished contributions to science through research and publication that has garnered recognition at the national and international level.

Meet Eric Berger (B.S. Astronomy, '95), Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and Editor at Space City Weather.

Each year, these awards recognize great teaching of undergraduates in the core curriculum.

Wheeler was selected as author of "Supernova Explosions," published by Springer in 2017.

The new research sheds light on the processes that are responsible for setting the properties of stars, which in turn affects the formation of planets.